Martin Fagerström

Martin Fagerström is a Professor at the Department of Material and Computational Mechanics, Chalmers University of Technology. His research focuses on computational modeling of damage and fracture in lightweight materials, particularly fiber-reinforced polymers, with applications spanning crashworthiness, sports engineering, and health technology. He serves as Co-director of the Health Engineering Area of Advance and coordinator of Chalmers Sports & Technology.

• Affiliation: Chalmers University of Technology
• Department: Material and Computational Mechanics
• Research Areas: Computational fracture mechanics, damage modeling, composite materials, finite element analysis, sports and health engineering

His recent publications emphasize multi-fidelity data fusion, machine learning integration with transfer learning, and advanced finite element techniques for predicting elasto-plasticity and delamination in woven composites. Projects led or co-led include SCALE (circular aluminum alloys), REaL-tIme (anisotropic carbon composites), and LIGHTer Academy (lightweight vehicle technology).